A Camden County woman was charged with embezzling millions of dollars from a New Jersey-based company where she was the senior accountant, accounting manager and senior financial shared services manager. Jennifer Vandever, 49, of Atco, New Jersey, is charged by indictment with four counts of wire fraud, one count of unauthorized use of access devices,Continue reading "Corporate accounting manager charged with embezzling millions of dollars"

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With the understanding of the growing number of COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant spelling out a new disease trajectory, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is releasing updated guidance for isolation and quarantine for healthcare workers, decreasing their isolation time after infection with COVID-19, and warning travelers to be cautious. The CDC addedContinue reading "United States bars immigration from 88 nations due to coronavirus spread"

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The World Bank’s updated Groundswell report released today finds that climate change, an increasingly potent driver of migration, could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050. In the most moderate impact scenario, with a low level of emissions and inclusive, sustainable development, the world would still see 44 millionContinue reading "Global warming could add 216 million climate refugees by 2050"

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A large oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, has forced beaches all along the coast to close and pollution is expected to wash onshore for several days. Residents and business owners in the impacted region, say they reported a tar-like smell as early as Friday evening, but authorities did not raise theContinue reading "Massive oil spill scars California coast"

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A former member of Paraguay’s Congress was sentenced on Thursday to two years and nine months in prison by a federal judge in New Jersey for her role in an international money laundering conspiracy. Cynthia Elizabeth Tarrago Diaz, 42, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering on Sept. 15,Continue reading "Former Paraguayan congresswoman sentenced to 33 months in prison"

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Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a criminal sexual assault that took place at a residence in Marlboro Township, according to acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Andrew J. Gallucci, of Marlboro, Richard S. Gathy, of Manalapan, and Ronald W. Hondo, of Monroe Township, each 24 years of age, are allContinue reading "Three men charged with sexual assault after tying up woman lured from bar"

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An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to engaging in sexual contact with a sleeping woman on a flight from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Denver, Colorado. According to court documents, Ian Wagner, 39, of New Haven, was a passenger on board a domestic flight from Indianapolis to Denver on Oct. 6, 2017. Wagner was seated next toContinue reading "Indiana man accosted an 18-year-old woman during flight"

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With the faith and credit of the United States of America hanging in the balance and a catastrophic global recession like if the federal government defaults on paying its bills, GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will not support raising debt limit because he wants to make Democrats look bad. The day after theContinue reading "McConnell says Republicans won’t pay America’s bills, in hope of political gain"

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a group of 21 attorneys general and two cities in calling on the Postal Regulatory Commission to oppose U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s efforts to delay deliveries of first-class mail and other essential postal services. Forty percent of all first-class mail in theContinue reading "Attorneys general from 21 states oppose Postal Service changes"

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Multiple retail groups and associations are turning to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for guidance on mask wearing and enforcement. On July 27, the renewed mask recommendation from the CDC recommends fully vaccinatedContinue reading "Retailers seek guidance on masks"

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Here’s to Chris Smalls and his best friend, Derrick Palmer. As co-founders of the first Amazon labor union, the two 33-year-old Black men have given a much-needed boost to the labor movement in this country. And, on the 54th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., they have breathed new lifeContinue reading "“Dangerous unselfishness” forms first Amazon labor union in Staten Island"

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By OpenSecrets.org Just six percent of the companies that received COVID-related contracts lobbied the federal government in 2020, but they received more than half of the money that was awarded to combat the pandemic, $19.4 billion, according to a report released by Public Citizen and the Center for Responsive Politics. “The striking share of COVID dollars that wentContinue reading "Lobbyists raked in COVID-19 contracts"

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The United States set a new world record after reporting over a million new COVID-19 cases, as infections were almost double that of the previous record set just days earlier. The latest report marks the greatest daily increase for any country in the world since the beginning of the pandemic as another surge of CovidContinue reading "Covid explosion closing some schools, while others expose students to germs"

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